Epicopeia battaka is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Heinrich Wolfgang Ludwig Dohrn in 1895.[1] It is found on Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Epicopeiidae |
| Genus: | Epicopeia |
| Species: | E. battaka
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| Binomial name | |
| Epicopeia battaka Dohrn, 1895
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Subspecies
edit- Epicopeia battaka battaka (northern Sumatra)
- Epicopeia battaka dempona Kishida & Endo, 1999 (southern Sumatra)
- Epicopeia battaka malayana Kishida & Endo, 1999 (Peninsular Malaysia)
References
edit- Dohrn, H. (1895). "Eine neue Epicopeia aus den Battakbergen Sumatras". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung (in German). 56: 207 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Epicopeia battaka". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ Kishida, Y. & Endo, T. (1999). "Two new subspecies of Epicopeia battaka (Lepidoptera, Epicopeiidae)". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan. 50(1): 48-50.